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I am not a molecular biologist or virologist, far from it. I am reading the manner in which people who are those things are responding. Some quite scientifically, and others dogmatically. The one tidbit of information I had heard about the FCS was that the SARS-COV-2 had the exact 12-nucleotide sequence, no more no less, so it was an exact match for an FCS proposed for study that was rejected by the DoD, DARPA, or some other U.S. government agency. I believe this is not the same in the other SARS-COV viruses, at least not exactly 12, but found somewhere along a sequence. Can someone here clarify this for me as a layman? I'd appreciate it. It is fascinating to me, and as a result I just picked up an Introduction to Genomics book by Arthur Lesk. Thank you.


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